Robert

Can this really be happening? She wants to live here… As I looked into her eyes though… well maybe not really, but she will. She can't turn back now anyways.

"Hey, Callie. Do you need any help getting your things?" She only had one duffel bag a guitar in her arms, but she just lifted them up as if to say that's all there is… Sophia had rooms worth of things, how is it that Callie could fit her life into a duffel bag? "Are you sure you got everything?"

"Ya I don't really travel well with more than this." I had almost forgotten how Callie's life used to be. Sure enough when I turned around he had already left… How could you have not known about her? She was in those homes because you weren't there… I am now.

"Well we will just go shopping tomorrow and get you some more things." She wouldn't need to travel well now, she can stay here forever.

"Well I don't really need anything, but thanks anyway." She was so different from Sophia, she acted like she wanted for nothing… yet she had so little.

"Well alright, I'll show you to your room." Come on, you want to know why she is doing this don't you? She didn't want to live here before. What had changed? I really wanted to know but it was already so late I figured we could talk in the morning.

"Okay."

Stef

In some distant part of my mind I knew it wasn't Brandon's fault but right now I was so mad… my daughter wasn't home. If he would have just treated her like Mariana, Callie would have still be here. How could he do this? How could be so stupid? Callie what was she doing now? Was she okay?… No you can't think like that. She chose this… I still didn't believe they were in love. How could they be? She is only 17, she doesn't even know what love is. I sure didn't at that age.

As soon as Brandon walked through the door I couldn't control myself anymore, I just lost it. "What were you thinking? Why would you do this to our family?"

"I love her"

"You think you love her please, you can't even begin to know what love is."

"I know what love is, mom and so does Callie… and now… now you can't do anything to stop us. No one can." He seemed so sure of himself. He couldn't be.

"If you really loved her Brandon, you would have done what was right. You would have put your feelings aside. You would have made her get adopted."

"How could I have made her get adopted? Should I have twisted her arm or something? No, and I would have put my feelings aside again… What do you think I've been doing for the last seven months… I've tried to put my feelings aside. What do you want me to say?… It didn't work."

What could he say? Maybe he had been trying… Maybe not hardenough… Callie was still gone… How can you blame him? He is yourson… besides she chose this he didn't.

"Nothing B., just forget it. I just… I just miss her." I really did she was my daughter. Didn't she know how much you love her? Didn't she call you mom? She did love me as a mom. Maybe she just didn't realize how much she was your daughter?… Maybe she didn't even realize what that truly meant… Otherwise why else would she do this? Why would she chose an infatuation over this family.

Jude

I had been at the top of the stairs when he got home. I felt so bad for both of my moms. I could already tell this was tearing them apart inside. Momma had laid down earlier, I could tell it wasn't to go to sleep she just looked broken. How could Callie do this? Didn't she care what she was doing to them? She is tearing this family apart… but on the other hand she had made a point. Would you have been able to stop yourself?

I honestly didn't think I could have. Looking at moms and what it was doing to them still made me mad though. They loved her as their own. Howwere they ever going to get through this? How was I for that matter? She had been all I had, had for so long and now she wouldn't even be living here anymore.

As I passed by Mariana's room, I saw that she was still up, so I slipped in. Mariana, looked like she had been crying too. I wished I could help her. What can you do? Callie is gone… there is no way to help any of them.

"Hey Jude"

"Hey"

"Do you miss her"

"Yes"

"Me too"

She looked so torn too, but without another word we just laid down. I couldn't go to sleep though, so I just laid there staring from picture to picture thinking.Wasn't there anyway to fix this? To bring her home?Would she have to stay there forever?…

Brandon

I couldn't really blame mom for what she was saying. I had expected her to say at least half of that

I lay there, staring at the ceiling, trying to believe that today happened. It was the best and worst of my life… How could you let her do this? She doesn't want to be there… How could you have stopped her?… love isn't selfish… you are…Can't you go back to pretending?…No you can't not now that you know she loves you, not after you can see a future with her… What can you do to fix this? What can I do to prove to moms that beyond a doubt what Callie and I have is real?

Then it hit me, I knew just what I would do to prove to mom that what Callie and I have can't be simply forgotten. That there was no way we could have stopped feeling the way we do for each other. Then maybe she will be able to come back home… just maybe.